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| Christmas with Grant (Public Domain) |
It has
therefore more than earned its two foremost
accolades: serving as the Nation’s
Christmas Tree (per President
Coolidge in 1926) and as a
National Shrine to fallen warriors (per President
Eisenhower in 1956).
During one
of the earliest Christmas gatherings, then-Park Superintendent John White
declared: The [General Grant] tree is a testimony that things of the spirit transcend those of the flesh.
Getting to
these early gatherings was no easy
matter. Reverend Jasper G. Havens,
who delivered the 1978 Christmas
message, “recalled the [first] cold trip of
1926 in the family’s Model-T
ford.”
As further
testimony to spiritual strength, an annual “Trek to the Tree” continues. It is sponsored by the Sanger, California Chamber of
Commerce on the second
Sunday of each December.
Resources
https://www.nps.gov/seki/learn/nature/grant.htm
Copyright October 8, 2018 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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